Anthropology and archaeology : a changing relationship / Christopher Gosden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gosden, Chris, 1955-

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Methodology.

Anthropology.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anthropology and Archaeology provides a valuable and much-needed introduction to the theories and methods of these two inter-related subjects. This volume covers the historical relationship and contemporary interests of archaeology and anthropology. It takes a broad historical approach, setting the early history of the disciplines with the colonial period during which the Europeans encountered and attempted to make sense of many other peoples. It shows how the subjects are linked through their interest in kinship, economics and symbolism, and discusses what each contribute to debate

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Anthropological archaeology and archaeological anthropology; Colonial origins; Instituting archaeology and anthropology: the role of fieldwork; Evolutionary, social and cultural anthropologies; The post-war picture: neo-evolution, Marxism and structuralism; Introduction to Part II; Bodily identities: gender, sexuality and practice; Material anthropology: landscape, material culture and history; Globalism, ethnicity and post-colonialism; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-220) and index.

ISBN:

1-931707-33-2

1-134-71620-6

1-134-71621-4

0-203-01655-6

1-280-33444-4

0-203-15900-4

9780203016558

OCLC:

304076724